Shiv Sena still role model for Narayan Rane

For Maharashtra revenue minister Narayan Rane, a former Shiv Sainik, his previous party, Shiv Sena, is still a role model. Rane on Monday said that Congress wants to transform Mumbai suburbs Kalyan-Dombivli into neat and clean city like Thane. Interestingly, Thane Municipal Corporation is ruled by Sena since last 25 years.

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Kiran Tare

October 11, 2010

UPDATED: October 11, 2010 19:50 IST

For Maharashtra revenue minister Narayan Rane, a former Shiv Sainik, his previous party, Shiv Sena, is still a role model. Rane on Monday said that Congress wants to transform Mumbai suburbs Kalyan-Dombivli into neat and clean city like Thane. Interestingly, Thane Municipal Corporation is ruled by Sena since last 25 years.

Rane announced a list of 37 Congress candidates for the election of Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) on Monday. "Development is our priority. We will transform Kalyan-Dombivli into a neat and clean city like Thane," he said.

However, Rane said that Sena has lost its influence in Thane. "Nobody from 'Matoshree' (the residence of Thackerays) participates in Sena's agitations. Also, the party does not have workers who can do anything for their leaders. MNS is our main rival in KDMC not the Sena," he said.

Rane also said that all the encroachments on government's land will be regularised after imposing fine on them. "The encroachments will be regularised if they do not fall under any project of public interest. This is how the slums till 1995 have been regularised," he said.

Rane had made headlines by saying that he was in search of a god father. When asked whether he had any god father in his political career, he said, "No". Before he left Sena in 2005 Rane used to say that Bal Thackeray was his god father.

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